How Did The Bronze Age Affect The Development Of Western Civilization

The Bronze age, the Fall of Rome, and the Fall of Constantinople have shaped our history and shown how too much focus on one growth can be tumultuous to a country. Before 1500, there were many historical events that not only marked a turning point in history but showed how the world could evolve due to revolutions and technological advances. During these times there were many focuses that a country could have whether it be technological advances, expanding their land, religion, slavery, and many others. For some, these were growths and for others it was some of their biggest faults.
Even with many strengths during the bronze age there were many variables that could have caused Mesopotamia’s catastrophic demise. They had recurring issues pertaining
One major turn of events during this time was the rise of a new religion called Christianity. This was due to the fact the Roman’s believed in multiple God’s, their emperors, and Christians believed in only one God. This caused the country to be split into two parts after being taken over by the first non-Roman, Constantine. As a result, he divided the country into the West and the East, which was later called Constantinople. The separation caused the East to flourish under the new ruler and the West to crumble due to poverty, agricultural struggles, and lack of funds to get them out of the debt they were in. They also had a strength of theirs turn into a downfall which was the over expansion and overspending with their military. The Romans were spread out so far that their communication was unable to keep up with their holdings and ended up causing a storm of issues. Rome continued to burrow money into their military which kept them from furthering their technological advancements. This caused other major issues for their inhabitants by them being unfairly overtaxed, plagued with poverty, and as a result they had declining birth rates. Rome lost sight of their traditional values due to the mass amounts of struggles that they could not get themselves out from due to focusing on the wrong
The Ottomans had a strategic advantage by being one of the first “gunpowder empires.” This strength allowed them to break down the walls of Constantinople after 54 days, and at that point the Christians were so broken down they succumbed to defeat. The Christians viewed the defeat as the end of the Old Roman Empire, and the beginning of the Muslim control over the eastern Mediterranean. The fall of Constantinople was viewed in various ways. It was seen by all as it not being a historical inevitability, but a divine one. The emergence of a new belief was brought into a country that was in existence for well over a hundred years. This was of significance due to the fact of it being a repetitive cycle of what once was done to the Romans by the Christians.
The Fall of Constantinople was a turning point in history due to the revolution. Here again a country that was at one time the strongest was broken down by another leader that was more technologically advanced. The Christians could not defend themselves against the cannons that the Ottomans used. They looked to war instead of negotiations to try to deflate the situation. Day by day the Christians were becoming more famished because they were held captive within their own walls due to being